Jena/Berlin, June 8, 2026. An outstanding success for the Thuringian board game community: 25-year-old Lennart Fiedler from Jena prevailed against the entire national competition at the German Kniffel Championship in Berlin last weekend and took the title.
- Who: Lennart Fiedler (25) from Jena
- What: Winning the German Kniffel Championship
- When: Saturday, June 6, 2026
- Where: Berlin
- Participants: Around 160 players from all over Germany
A spectacular triumph at the championship debut
The victory of 25-year-old Lennart Fiedler from Jena is a true local triumph. In his very first participation in the nationwide tournament, he achieved what many experienced tournament players dream of for years: he brought the coveted Kniffel crown to Thüringen. Fiedler prevailed in Berlin in several gripping rounds against around 160 competitors from across the federal territory.
Among the tournament participants were not only ambitious recreational players but also registered members of traditional Kniffel regulars’ tables and dice clubs who had been preparing for the event for months. In the end, however, the young man from Jena proved to have the strongest nerves and the necessary bit of luck with the dice at the tables.
Tension until the last throw
The championship was jointly organized by the association ABC Zentrum Berlin and the renowned game publisher Schmidt Spiele. Participants played according to strictly defined tournament rules, where strategic risk and mathematical probabilities are closely linked. Whether Three of a Kind, Full House, or the famous “Large Straight” – Fiedler kept a cool head in the decisive phases and secured the overall victory in the final.
🎭 Culture & City Life: The History of the Game Kniffel
Kniffel is one of the best-known dice games in the German-speaking world. The publisher Schmidt Spiele launched the classic in 1972. Internationally, the game had already gained great popularity under the name “Yahtzee”. In the former DDR, the game principle was also firmly established: a separate, very popular version was distributed there under the name “Pasch”.
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German Kniffel Champion comes from Jena
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